Over the centuries, architects and designers have used inscriptive practices as a form of knowledge production, which is an alternative to the written text. This book argues that drawing, diagramming, and notation are equivalent to extended discourse in writing and, moreover, offer significantly different insights, not easily accessible through models of discourse analysis, critical theory, or observation. Simply stated, the conventional understanding wrought through architectural histories and theories only gives a part of the story: it is here suggested that by retracing the marks made by...